camera direction

[JBGame]

Hi,

Is there a way to get which direction the camera is facing?

[Luben]

I think this should work

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ICameraSceneNode *pCamera = pSceneManager->getActiveCamera();
vector3df pos = pCamera->getAbsolutePosition();
vector3df target = pCamera->getTarget();
vector3df dir = target - pos;

[JBGame]

Hi,

i'm trying to create a cube that's always in the middle of the screen and away from the camera.

I tried your method:

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	 pCamera = smgr->getActiveCamera();
	 pos = pCamera->getAbsolutePosition();
	 target = pCamera->getTarget();
	 dir = target - pos;

	 node->setPosition(dir);

i think i'm doing it wrong because it's not working as expected.. sorry i'm still learning :S/

[serengeor]

maybe

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node->setPosition(dir*100); 

Just a guess tough, you could also make camera orbit around It.(code snippets section to the rescue).

[Luben]

If you want the node to follow the camera around on a fixed distance, do

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node->setPosition(pos + dir.normalize() * distance);

dir by itself is just a vector representing the direction from the camera towards where it looks. We normalize it (make its length = 1) then makes it distance long, and we add the position where the camera is.

If you just want the camera to focus on the node, do

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pCamera->setTarget(node->getAbsolutePosition())

[JBGame]

Hi,

Thanks guys, it works perfectly